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  • Black Agenda Radio
    Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
    Black Agenda Radio June 21, 2024
    21 Jun 2024
    This week, we learn about a lawsuit by Black and Latino residents over the redrawing of an electoral district map that leaves them without representation. We discuss New York State's failure to…
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    Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
    Why Juneteenth Can Be Problematic
    21 Jun 2024
    Giving Juneteenth the imprimatur of a state stamp of approval makes it problematic, and no longer the people’s holiday it has been for nearly 100 years.
  • Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
    The Problem with Juneteenth
    19 Jun 2024
    Juneteenth was a people's holiday with deep meaning for the descendants of enslaved people. But the declaration of an official federal holiday has turned it into an opportunity for corporate…
  • The Duplicitous Legacy Of Bipartisan Compromise Obscured From The History Of Juneteenth Is Too Important To Ignore
    Jacqueline Luqman
    The Duplicitous Legacy Of Bipartisan Compromise Obscured From The History Of Juneteenth Is Too Important To Ignore
    21 Jun 2023
    The Juneteenth holiday is an opportunity to delve into Black history in a serious way. Unfortunately, the designation of a federal holiday has trivialized Juneteenth's meaning and given license to…
  • The Problem with Juneteenth
    Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
    The Problem with Juneteenth
    15 Jun 2022
    Juneteenth was a people's holiday with deep meaning for the descendants of enslaved people. But the declaration of an official federal holiday has turned it into an opportunity for corporate…
  • The Hidden History of Juneteenth
    Gregory P. Downs
    The Hidden History of Juneteenth
    23 Jun 2021
    “We knowed what was goin’ on in [the war] all the time,” said Felix Haywood, dismissing the notion that his fellow Texas slaves were ignorant of the Emancipation Proclamation.
  • Freedom Ride: How Not to Celebrate Juneteenth
    Margaret Kimberley, BAR senior columnist
    Freedom Ride: How Not to Celebrate Juneteenth
    16 Jun 2021
    Juneteenth has become the latest iteration of liberal capture of Black politics, opportunistic virtue signaling, and the intentional misrepresentation of America’s history.
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